One Year!

Wow--365 days of marital bliss. I can hardly believe that it has already been a year since our wedding! There have been so many days where I think about how lucky I am to have Rod and I just want to pinch myself.

Because we were both so busy trying to get out of the office (for our two week trip to Ireland), we celebrated our Anniversary in pieces over a series of days. We started on Friday with dinner at our favorite restaurant: Wahso. The food was (is always) unbelievable! I can't remember the exact menu now, but we started with some fancy app, had banana-wrapped halibut and duck for our entrees. Rather than eating our freezer-burned cake (we didn't even bother saving it), we had our bakery recreate our wedding cake for us. Our waiter was happy to serve it to us for dessert. After all the sake and good food, we wandered around the lively streets of Park City, found a Halloween costume for Rod, and got our picture taken with a moose.

We exchanged gifts that night too. I got a Kindle! Thanks honey! I. LOVE. IT. I got Rod a gift card for an iPhone (the 32 GB) and my promise to switch to AT&T. This may be the (second) biggest committment I have ever made. I have had my number for over a decade. In addition to the disposable electronics, we gave each other sentimental gifts. :) For our paper anniversary, I made him a photobook of our first year and he had one of our wedding invitations framed.

On Saturday, we took Rumba for a hike to Dog Lake. The weather was great; the sky was bluebird blue. All of us were a little sore afterwards. That trail is so much faster on a bike!

Then on Sunday, our actual anniversary, we both had to work during the day. But I surprised Rod with candlelight of his favorite burger place: Five Guys Burger and Fries.

It was a cozy way to end our weekend.

But the fun didn't stop there. The next night, Monday, we went to Utah's best concert venue (Red Butte Gardens) for one of my favorite recent bands: Death Cab for Cutie. It was one of the happiest nights I can remember. We cuddled. We danced. The weather was perfect. I almost started crying when they closed the encore with "Transatlanticism." I was overwhelmed with joy when Rod pulled me close and whispered "I want you so much closer . . . ." Does life get any better?